diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sfml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sfml/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a04f5caabe27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sfml/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, cmake, mesa, libX11, freetype, libjpeg, openal, libsndfile
+, glew, libXrandr, libXrender
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sfml-svn-${version}";
+  version = "1808";
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = "https://sfml.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/sfml/branches/sfml2";
+    rev = version;
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ cmake mesa libX11 freetype libjpeg openal libsndfile glew
+                  libXrandr libXrender
+                ];
+  patchPhase = "
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace '\${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules' 'share/cmake-2.8/Modules'
+  ";
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.sfml-dev.org/;
+    description = "A multimedia C++ API that provides access to graphics, input, audio, etc.";
+    license = licenses.zlib;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.astsmtl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ad22863b4ff7..b8aba541e9c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4048,6 +4048,8 @@ let
 
   SDL_ttf = callPackage ../development/libraries/SDL_ttf { };
 
+  sfml_svn = callPackage ../development/libraries/sfml { };
+
   slang = callPackage ../development/libraries/slang { };
 
   slibGuile = callPackage ../development/libraries/slib {